The UCL Institute for Women's Health provides an academic environment in which students can develop and pursue research at the highest level. The institute provides opportunities for research in laboratories and groups at the leading-edge internationally in a recognised centre of excellence. We develop research and academic skills of scholarship and enable our students to learn from, and contribute to, the broader objectives in women?s health in basic and clinical science. Our research programmes develop and foster specific research skills as well as generic and transferable skills enabling students to compete in the broadest range of career opportunities.